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James L. Sutter
@jameslsutter.bsky.social
Co-creator of the Pathfinder & Starfinder TTRPGs. Author of the queer young adult romance novels DARKHEARTS and THE GHOST OF US, plus fantasy novels, comics, video games, and more. Musician. ME/CFS husband.
TONIGHT! Join us on the @storyhour.bsky.social livestream at 7pm PST as @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social and I read you our stories! I'll be reading "Make of Your Chest a Place for Birds," my dark fantasy story about grief, healing, and birds nesting in your thoracic cavity.

www.storyhour2020.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Tomorrow (1/14) at 7pm PST, come listen to me read my story "Make of Your Chest a Place for Birds" live over Zoom alongside @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social as part of Story Hour, hosted by @pronouncedlahra.bsky.social and Daniel Marcus!

www.storyhour2020.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:49 PM
In 2023, I posted my end-of-year wordcount to show that even full-time authors can fall off a cliff.

This year I'm posting it to show you can climb back up.

Life happens. Priorities change. Don't shame yourself for not writing as much as you wanted—celebrate that you made the effort at all.
December 30, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Since this is doing numbers... if you like queer teen rom-coms, please check out my creator-owned novels!

jameslsutter.com/novels.html
December 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
The amazing @colleenaf.bsky.social made a banned books RPG for her local library and got a bunch of YA authors to record cutscenes as NPCs. Here's me as the pirate captain who runs the local costume shop. (And yes, I had all of these in my closet already.)
December 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Being in a band in your forties is just posting this to the group chat forever.
November 26, 2025 at 1:32 AM
You can now *listen* to my new story, "Make of Your Chest a Place for Birds," on the latest episode of the @nightmare-magazine.com podcast! It's dark fantasy about love and grief and birds nesting in your thoracic cavity.
November 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
SEATTLE! Come say hi TODAY at the grand opening of the Beguiled Books all-romance bookstore in Pioneer Square! I'll be there from 4:00-4:45, signing books, answering questions, and just generally hanging out!

www.beguiledbooks.com/opening
November 16, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I did a scarily personal interview about how grief and chronic illness influenced my new dark fantasy/body horror story, "Make of Your Chest a Place for Birds," over at @nightmare-magazine.com:

Interview: www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/a...

Story: www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/make...
November 15, 2025 at 10:02 PM
SEATTLE! Come hang out with me this Sunday at 4:00pm as part of Beguiled Books' grand opening of their new all-romance brick and mortar bookstore in Pioneer Square! www.beguiledbooks.com/opening
November 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
My story "Make of Your Chest a Place for Birds" just went live on @nightmare-magazine.com—it's about grief, love, and birds nesting in your thoracic cavity, and I think it's one of the best things I've ever written.

You can read it for free right now: www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/make...
November 6, 2025 at 12:28 AM
There's still time for a supernatural sapphic YA romance before Halloween! 👻

jameslsutter.com/novels-ghost...
October 25, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Look at this unbelievable DARKHEARTS fan art by DeraxX! 🤯

www.instagram.com/deraxx_x/?hl...
October 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
A new adventure begins...
September 27, 2025 at 11:04 PM
It's still #SapphicSeptember for another week! Maybe you need a supernatural fake-dating YA romance starring a teenage ghost hunter who finds an actual ghost? If so, THE GHOST OF US has you covered!

jameslsutter.com/novels-ghost...
September 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Swung by Beguiled Books—Seattle's amazing mobile romance bookstore—to sign some stock for Bookstore Romance Day! www.beguiledbooks.com
August 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
It's Bookstore Romance Day! Buy any of my books from your favorite store and drop me a DM, and I'll mail you a signed and personalized bookplate sticker!
jameslsutter.com/novels.html
August 9, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Toffee-covered licorice that looks like grubs. I don't speak Danish, but I'm pretty sure that tagline means "God has turned his gaze from us..."
July 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Need some queer young adult rom-coms for your summer reading? jameslsutter.com/novels.html
July 16, 2025 at 8:18 PM
July 1, 2025 at 3:36 PM
"Oh snap!"
June 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I never would have thought that hanging out with a friend's baby would be a thing that calmed me down when the world's on fire, but here we are.
June 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The child demands chips.
June 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
SEATTLE! Come see me at two amazing events tomorrow, Saturday June 14! I'll be at the Emerald City Romance Author & Reader Event @ South Seattle Community College until 4pm, then signing at the Queer Book Fair at @charliesqueerbooks.bsky.social in Fremont from 5pm-6pm!

Swing by and say hello!
June 13, 2025 at 7:55 PM
It's wild out there, but also—it's Pride Month! Maybe you need to decompress with a queer YA rom-com? Perhaps a gay enemies-to-lovers rock star romance or a sapphic supernatural fake dating scheme? jameslsutter.com/novels.html
June 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM